Deploying a Node.js App

Deploying a Node.js app on a Linux/Unix production server, involves

• Transferring the app code to the server
• Push your code to a Git repository
• Login to your server, create a user for the app
• Install Git on the server
• Pull code
• Preparing the app’s environment
• Login as the app’s user
• Install app dependencies
• Configuring Nginx and Passenger
• Go back to the admin account
• Edit Nginx configuration file
• Test drive